Diving bradycardia: A mechanism of defence against hypoxic damage

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Alboni, Paolo ^a   Alboni, Marco ^b   Gianfranchi, Lorella ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

apnoea; chemoreceptors; diving bradycardia; diving reflex; sinus bradycardia; sudden death

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRADYCARDIA; CHEMORECEPTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVING; DIVING BRADYCARDIA; DIVING RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSORECEPTOR; REFLEX; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRAINING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; DIVING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 79955836015     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328344bcdc     Document Type: Review

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